Unemployed Northerners Come South Looking for Jobs, Oct. 27, 1921

Bread-Liners of North Come South. . . State Labor Commissioner Reports That Labor Is to be Had Cheap. . . Many Are Skilled Workers. . . The Salvation Army at Raleigh Maintains Barracks for Accommodation of Stranded Men

Raleigh—Thousands of people are leaving the bread lines and soup kitchens of the northern cities and flocking to North Carolina in search of work, Labor Commissioner M.L. Shipman finds after an investigation into employment conditions, and most of them are willing to accept any kind of work at any wage.

The Salvation Army in Raleigh maintains barracks for the accommodation of stranded men. On several nights the local post has been forced to turn away men who sought a night’s sleep following their arrival here from the north. Conditions are reported to be similar in the other larger cities of the state.

The commissioner said many of these people are finding employment in the state, employers accepting them because of their willingness to work for a small wage. In the crowds are many skilled workmen.

The Raleigh office of the employment service has received numerous requests from these immigrants for assistance in finding jobs while some have called with the request for aid in getting further south.

From the front page of the Watauga Democrat, Boone, N.C., Oct. 27, 1921